CVE-2025-7168
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7168 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Crime Reporting System. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 48.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-7168 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Crime Reporting System 1.0, specifically affecting the processing of the /userlogin.php file. The issue arises from improper handling of the 'email' argument, classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating high severity due to its network-accessible nature and lack of prerequisites for exploitation.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication by manipulating the 'email' parameter during requests to /userlogin.php, potentially leading to unauthorized SQL query execution. Successful exploitation could result in limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as data exfiltration, modification, or denial of service within the application's database.
Advisories and details are documented in references including code-projects.org, a GitHub issue at github.com/yihaofuweng/cve/issues/9, and multiple VulDB entries (vuldb.com/?ctiid.315107, vuldb.com/?id.315107, vuldb.com/?submit.606593). The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used; practitioners should consult these sources for any vendor patches or workarounds, as no specific mitigation steps are detailed in the CVE publication from July 8, 2025.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20420
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Crime Reporting System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /userlogin.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. The attack may be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Remote unauthenticated SQL injection in public-facing web app (/userlogin.php) directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly requires validation of the 'email' input parameter in /userlogin.php to reject malformed SQL syntax before query execution.
Enforces access-control decisions on database queries so that unauthenticated manipulation of the email field cannot alter intended authorization outcomes.
Enables monitoring of application and database logs for anomalous SQL patterns originating from remote requests to /userlogin.php.